Physiological signals in driving scenario: How heart rate and skin conductance reveal different aspects of driver's cognitive load

Thi Hai Ha Dang, Adriana Tapus

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Abstract

Driver's cognitive load has always been associated with the driver's heart rate activity and his/her skin conductance activity. However, what aspects of cognitive load that these signals relate to have never been clearly studied. This paper presents our preliminary results about the relationship between the different physiological signals (heart rate and skin conductance) and the driver's cognitive load. Via one experiment with simulated car driving environment and one experiment in real flying environment, our data suggests that subjects' heart rate relates to the number of events to be processed by the human driver while the skin conductance relates to the novelty of the driving task. Given the small population involved in these experiments, tests on more subjects are planned and reported in the future.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPhyCS 2014 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems
PublisherSciTePress
Pages378-384
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9789897580062
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Physiological Computing Systems, PhyCS 2014 - Lisbon, Portugal
Duration: 7 Jan 20149 Jan 2014

Publication series

NamePhyCS 2014 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Physiological Computing Systems, PhyCS 2014
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityLisbon
Period7/01/149/01/14

Keywords

  • Driver's cognitive load
  • Heart rate activity
  • Human-machine interaction
  • Physiological signals
  • Skin conductance

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